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Re: Charter DNS servers returning malware filtered IP addresses


From: niels=nanog () bakker net
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 01:22:44 +0200

* Owen DeLong [Sat 28 Oct 2023, 01:00 CEST]:
If it’s such a reasonable default, why don’t any of the public resolvers (e.g. 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, 9.9.9.9, etc.) do so?

It's generally a service that's offered for money. Quad9 definitely offer it: https://www.quad9.net/service/threat-blocking


DNS isn’t the right place to attack this, IMHO.

Why not (apart from a purity argument), and where should it happen instead? As others pointed out, network operators have a vested interest in protecting their customers from becoming victims to malware.


        -- Niels.


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